DBasia.news – Jordi Alba confirms his commitment to Barcelona. The 32-year-old defender is ready to make sacrifices to bring the Blaugrana out of difficult times.
As is known, Barcelona is experiencing a chronic financial crisis. The club led by Joan Laporta has a mountain of debt.
The impact of this problem has made Barcelona failed to extend the contract of the captain, Lionel Messi. They couldn’t do much when they let La Pulga move to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for free.
Barcelona has actually tried to cut the burden of spending. One of them is the plan to release a number of stars who does not want to cut their salaries.
Alba is said to be one of the players on this list. The La Masia academy dropout was linked with a number of clubs.
Now Alba seems to have changed his mind. He is determined to continue to stay at Camp Nou.
“My tendencies for Barcelona have always been total. I have been here all my life, 10 years in the first team and eight years in the youth team,” Alba told Mundo Deportivo.
“I can speak for myself and for the president, we are all heading in the same direction. There’s no doubt, I’m totally committed to Barcelona.”
The statement is a sign that Alba is ready to accept a pay cut. He followed the steps of Gerard Pique who was willing to cut his income by 50%.
Pique did this so that Barcelona could register Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia to compete in LaLiga 2021-2022. Both were immediately demoted when they defeated Real Sociedad with a score of 4-2, Monday (16/8).
It is unknown what percentage of the salary cut Alba received. But this decision will help Barcelona to register another new signing, Sergio Aguero.